Every year, August 19 is marked as a special non-working day in Quezon City and Quezon province to mark Manuel L. Quezon’s birth anniversary. This 2011, August 19 will also be a non-working day in Davao City by virtue of President Benigno Aquino III’s Proclamation 215. According to him, this was done to give residents of this Southern city “the opportunity to celebrate and participate” in the Kadayawan festival (taken from Sun.Star Davao: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2011/08/11/aug-19-declared-holiday-davao-city-172288).

It depends on: 1) your status as an employee, and 2) company policy. If you are a regular (or tenured) employee, then you will be paid in full automatically. Most companies adopt the “no work, no pay” policy for non-permanent employees (or those we refer to as “contractual,” “casual,” and “probationary” workers). For employees whose month pay is fixed (as against those paid based on the number of days they actually worked), the day is as good as paid.

Related

Comments

About the authorMark Madrona

Mark Madrona is a multi-awarded blogger and writer from the Philippines. He is also teaching for a top private university in Manila. He is the owner and main writer for The Filipino Scribe (www.FilipinoScribe.com).
Know more about him here: https://www.filipinoscribe.com/about/.

One thought on“Pay rules for the August 19 special non-working day”

do not confuse HOLIDAY PAY (pay that you receive for regular/legal holidays) with PREMIUM PAY (pay you receive for going to work on a special holiday). regarding your question whether an employee will receive a HOLIDAY PAY if he chooses not to work on a SPECIAL DAY. the definitive answer is NO.

Top Posts

Follow me on Twitter

TFS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

ABOUT THE BLOGGER

Mark Madrona is a prize-winning blogger, online journalist, and educator from the Philippines. Previously a book editor, he is now teaching communication subjects for a private college in Metro Manila.
His blog The Filipino Scribe received the Best Blog Award during the 2011 Population and Development Media Awards. He is the youngest recipient of that recognition.
Know more about him here: http://www.filipinoscribe.com/about/.